diff --git a/src/nix/main.cc b/src/nix/main.cc
index 64755d445..83d697326 100644
--- a/src/nix/main.cc
+++ b/src/nix/main.cc
@@ -363,11 +363,6 @@ void mainWrapped(int argc, char * * argv)
 
     setLogFormat("bar");
     settings.verboseBuild = false;
-    if (isatty(STDERR_FILENO)) {
-        verbosity = lvlNotice;
-    } else {
-        verbosity = lvlInfo;
-    }
 
     NixArgs args;